Going to the Dominican Republic

This topic was created by Georgina
[Tue 20 April, 3:03 Tasmanian Standard Time]

I'm going to the Dominican Republic in a week's time and staying near Sossua. Would like advice on interesting places to go, where not to go, good places to stay and eat, best way to get around, general safety etc etc

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  1. Sosua Added by: Kickstart
    [Timestamp: Tue 20 April, 13:15 Tasmanian Standard Time]

    Sosua has an unusual WWII connection. The then dictator Trujillo offered to take in 25,000 European Jews, and 2000 or so actually did come to a former United Fruit Company banana plantation near Sosua. They established agricultural firms which continue today. Trujillo's motives were not for charity alone. He had conducted a slaughter of 35,000 Haitians and this was a bit of an exercixe in image improvement. Another tale is that his daughter was a student in Paris and said that the only people to treat her decently were the French Jews.
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    Consider a day trip to Haiti if possible. You will look at the Dominican Republic and everywhere else with a changed attitude after that experience. I think that you can visit the "Citadel" in northern Haiti from the north coast of the DR.



  2. Looking for a boat in the Dom. Rep. Added by: Christi & Reto
    [Timestamp: Wed 21 April, 3:33 Tasmanian Standard Time]

    We are going to the Dominican Republic becouse we won the
    trip and are very excited about it. We are aventurous
    people and love to sail. We are looking for an inexpensive
    way to get on a boat for a couple of days or even just a day
    trip. What are some options to consider?



  3. Sosua Added by: Marika
    [Timestamp: Mon 17 May, 20:21 Tasmanian Standard Time]

    There are a lot of things in and around Sosua and Cabarete
    to do, the easiest is to just go there and decide when you
    get there.
    There are everything from boat hires to diving, hiking, deep
    sea fishing, wind surfing, river rafting and so on.
    A very nice thing we found if you want to see the country
    side close up is to go on a mountain bike tour. There is
    a company based in Cabarete, rather close to Sosua, called
    Iguana Mama.
    They have all different levels depending on your level of
    fitness. I'm not fit at all, and we went on a downhill tour
    which was great. The guides are funny and knows a lot about
    nature and history. The equipment is excellent, I highly
    recommend it. They have a homepage at www.iguanamama.com
    Also, if you are in Cabarete I must recommend this small
    seafood restaurant at the beach called La Casita, order the
    "Camarones", giant shrimps. It is not so expensive, and
    extremely nice food...
    Here are some other homepages to look at:
    http://www.hispaniola.com/DR/indexframes.html
    http://caribbeansupersite.com/domrep/jardine.htm
    http://see-caribbean.com/dominican/home.html
    http://www.netcarib.com/dominican/dominican.html
    http://www.dominican-rep.com/
    Have fun!!




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